Montgomery County municipalities clear roads after second round of snowfall

East Norriton police respond to two-vehicle crash on Johnson Highway near Arch Street in East Norriton after a second round of snow to the area this season Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. One person was transported from the scene and the road was reduced to one lane. (21st Century Media/Gene Walsh)

NORRISTOWN — While area school children were enjoying their first official snow day Tuesday, public works crews throughout Montgomery County were busy plowing and salting area roadways as the region endured its second dose of significant snowfall in three days.

East Norriton Township Manager Don Delamater said work crews were called in at 6 a.m. to prepare for the snow plowing operations.

“Our whole public works department, which is thirteen employees, are plowing and salting out there,” Delamater said. “Each of them has their own truck. They clear the township parking lots and the fire company parking lots and driveways.”

In Norristown, Public Works Director Robert Glisson said his 18 crew members would remain on duty beyond the 3 p.m. end of the work day to get as many streets cleared as possible.

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“We’re still working at it,” Glisson said. “We’ve worked 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. but we will continue past 3 p.m. to make sure everything is done. We are responsible for a number of the main roads, including Main Street in Norristown.”

Falling snow was first reported in the area around 7 a.m. with the heaviest precipitation occurring between 8 and 10 a.m. according to AccuWeather meteorologist Brian Edwards.

“It was a quick-hitting storm and that’s what we were expecting,” Edwards said.

Another storm of undetermined strength and direction poised to enter the region Saturday, he said.

PECO reported no downed lines or storm-related outages.

“We haven’t had any problems,” said Delamater shortly after noon Tuesday. “All our main roads are open, and the crews are working on secondary roads.”